Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-08
State 1lepS.

The Masons of Rutland talk of erecting
a Masonic monument on killington
mountain.
The proprietors of the st. Johnsbury
toboggan chute made S27 during the
season just closed.
A coach dog encountered a fox in the
streets of Rutland few days ago, and
drove him into wOodshed, where he was
killed.
There have been 1870 days of continuous
sleighing throughout Orange county.
There were feet of snow in the woods
at last accounts.
1t is said that there was poker game
in Montpelier on recent evening, dur
ing the course of which, it is reported,
ner dropped 500 to a professional card
sharp and his partner, a well-known 10
cal paste-board manipulation.
Burlington is a good deal stirred up.
Mayor Henry assumed office Monday,
and the new board of aldermen organized
in the afternoon and evening. The board
stands seven Republicans and three DEM
ocrats, but owing to split among the
Republicans, Alderman Sutton was elect
ed president of the board. He was defeat
ed by an overwhelming majority in the
last city election for mayor, and the
whole city is scandalized over the result.
An experiment in heating cars by steam
from the locomotive was made at st.
Adams the other day and proved fairly
successful. The exhaust steam from the
Westinghouse brake pump was conducted
through three lines of pipe on one side of
the cars and back along the other side to
the engine by means of vacuum escape
placed on the engine on the opposite side
from the air brake. No live steam was
used.
The annual meeting of the Gentlemen's
Driving association of Fair Haven was
held at the Park View house Friday ev-
ening, April l, and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Pres.
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f. II. Carpenter; secretary, Frank w
Redtield; treasurer, Frank +. Allen; d.
rectOrs, NJ. II. Wescott, w. c. Mound
Frank Wilson. a motion to join the
American association was not carried
and the society will remain member OF
the National Trotting association.
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land village election last week by ;
= majority of - in total vote of ll4S. The
newly chosen president, clerk, auditor
and collector were on the workingmen,
ticket alone, the treasurer, water com
missioner and fire officers being on TIN
: citizens ticket as we'll. Five out of tn
eight new trustees were nominees of TIN
= citizens. Four hundred persons neglect
dent, James j. Fay; clerk, John b. Don
nelly; treasurer, Charles Clark, who i
also town treasurer and was voted for b,
all auditor, Thomas ii. Brown collector
John b. Moore; water commissioner
John w. Davis: chief engineer, X.
! Hannum; first assistant, w. +. Eddy
= second assistant, ID. Corcoran; trustees
e ward /, Fred A. Field, citizen; 2, V.
l Meyerhoffer, Knight; 3, w. F. Lewis
D citizen; 4, Clark l.. Long, citizen; 5, j
D w. Stearns, citizen, but supported b
f some of the Knights; 6, Andrew j. Dur
, ton, citizen; I, j. 5. Carder, Knight;
John Ballard, Knight. A tax of $3.50 o
e on $1,000, the legal limit, was voted, G
: which sl.20 on $1,000 is to pay the funde
c debt. The trustees were authorized t
: renew for five years the existing contrao
n with the Rutland electrict light company
: Stringent sanitary ordinances were adop
e ed.